The mayor Ntungamo Municipality Jacob Kafureeka commended the government for prioritizing on health of Ugandans especially in rural areas. He made remarks while at a ground breaking and site handover for the construction of Ruhoko HCII in Kafunjo village Kyamate ward Eastern division Ntungamo Municipality. Recently the Municipal council received additional funding of 500m for […]

Women who exercise have a drastically reduced risk of heart disease compared to those who sit for long periods, a new study finds. Cutting inactive time by one hour a day decreased a woman’s risk of cardiovascular disease by more than 10 percent and heart disease by more than 25 percent. Previous studies have shown […]

Women are more likely to experience serious complications after heart surgery than men are, a new study finds. Researchers say female patients are nearly 40 percent more likely to have a bad outcome and about twice as likely to have a stroke or die after a procedure as male patients. They believe women may not […]

Pumped breast milk not good as milk that comes directly from mom’s breast, a new study suggests. Researchers found that breast milk from women who pumped tended to have more potentially bad bacteria — and less abundance and diversity of friendly germs – than milk from women who only fed their infants from the breast. […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that more than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds such as music played on their Smartphone. The recommendations to prevent noise-induced hearing loss and related conditions such as tinnitus – commonly experienced as a ringing sound inside the ear include better […]

More than hundred children in Democratic Republic of Congo have died of measles since the start of the year, an outbreak that has added to deadly epidemics of Cholera and Ebola. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO peacekeeping mission said Health officials in the southeast provinces […]

Health partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda have asked government to slash condom prices to zero so that all people can afford it. According to Henry Magala who is the country programs director for Uganda Cares, affordability of condoms is vital but some people have failed to use these life guards because of […]

A dysentery outbreak has hit prisons in Mbale district in Eastern Uganda. Dysentery is an inflammatory disease of the intestine, especially of the colon, which always results in severe diarrhea and abdominal pains. Other symptoms may include fever and a feeling of incomplete defecation. The disease is caused by several types of infectious pathogens such as bacteria, […]

The youth spearheaded by Kabale youth councillor, Catherine Kyomugisha, have petitioned the Parliamentary Health committee to improve the sexual and reproductive health services in order to make them accessible to the youth. The youth want accessibility to sexuality education improved with the use of trained and peer educators among others. They say lack of sexuality […]

The Rotary club of Uganda has kick started a campaign to collect over 2.3bn shilling to equip the Mengo blood bank. According to the chairman of the Rotary blood bank program Board, Emmanuel Katongole, the only one fully equipped National blood bank in Nakasero cannot handle the capacity of blood required hence the need to […]